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LED-lit coin button -- did I invent something?
MYX:
--- Quote from: aumameman on March 15, 2006, 05:22:48 am ---Anther idea is a generic power button as it seems some mame cab builders like to install an arcade button at the top of their creation to power the thing up, something like what ive mocked up
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Awwwwwww Hail yeah! You could put a 9v adapter on an unswitched outlet on a smartstrip. this way the power button would always glow. I am thinking blue.
25cent just has the look of the coin door. I really like that.
I like the idea of an esc. button. Perhape we could come up with some graphic ideas for escape, enter, and tab so we don't have text buttons floating around the console. example the @ is used for at. You might have a back arrow for escape <--. I am thinking that the MAME logo might be cool for enter as you would be selecting a game so in a sence you are saying MAME it. Ok perhaps I am going too far.
Hey, this might have been asked, but which flavor of translucient button did you use?
I have already committed to using electric ice for the game play buttons, but now if this pans out and we can get these, I will use these for the misc. buttons.
MikeDeuce:
--- Quote from: MYX on March 15, 2006, 12:32:36 pm ---
Perhape we could come up with some graphic ideas...
Hey, this might have been asked, but which flavor of translucient button did you use?
I have already committed to using electric ice for the game play buttons, but now if this pans out and we can get these, I will use these for the misc. buttons.
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More great ideas, thanks!
One of the more popular sheets is this one:
Which has a few options that work with some of the ideas so far.
I'm using the Happ translucents from ponyboy. But I can make these things in pretty much any size if anyone has exact measurements.
Bomber:
When I saw the thread title I thought you had stuck a LED behind the reject button, so I had to come in and see why there were so many replies.....these things look awesome.
--- Quote from: Toonces on March 14, 2006, 06:26:51 pm ---25c is the universal language of Arcade.
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You mean Universal in the US right? We only had to pay 20c in Australia. With the exchange rate at the time it was probably about 0.0005 US cents :) But of course everyone here would know what 25c means since Australia desperately wants to be 'little america'. I still have 25c coin reject inserts in my cab and I'm still waiting for some one to put a 20c coin and a 5c coin in the slot...
The pause button in Lemmings was a picture of two little cat paw prints. Might work for this?
Nannuu:
--- Quote from: MikeDeuce on March 15, 2006, 01:42:52 pm ---
--- Quote from: MYX on March 15, 2006, 12:32:36 pm ---
Perhape we could come up with some graphic ideas...
Hey, this might have been asked, but which flavor of translucient button did you use?
I have already committed to using electric ice for the game play buttons, but now if this pans out and we can get these, I will use these for the misc. buttons.
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More great ideas, thanks!
One of the more popular sheets is this one:
Which has a few options that work with some of the ideas so far.
I'm using the Happ translucents from ponyboy. But I can make these things in pretty much any size if anyone has exact measurements.
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I can email you that sheet in vector format if you don't already have it.
MikeDeuce:
--- Quote from: Bomber on March 15, 2006, 03:29:45 pm ---The pause button in Lemmings was a picture of two little cat paw prints. Might work for this?
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That's hilarious!
--- Quote from: Nannuu on March 15, 2006, 03:56:38 pm ---I can email you that sheet in vector format if you don't already have it.
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Thanks Nannuu! I have it already though, I was the one that PM'd you a few months back requesting permission to reproduce it :) (Thanks again for that, btw).